司马迁

Traditional: 司馬遷
Sī mǎ Qiān
Dictionary entry
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography

What does 司马迁 mean?

司马迁 (Sī mǎ Qiān) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography

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司马迁
Sī mǎ Qiān
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